DARDANELLE — After finishing runner-up in the 4A-4 District track and field meet, the Dardanelle Sand Lizards and Lady Sand Lizards will be represented by 20 athletes in nine events during the Class 4A state meet Thursday in Heber Springs

Sand Lizards head track coach Shawn Walter said the team could have had more success throughout the season, but being a relatively small program comes with a few drawbacks — spring sports share athletes.

“We had a couple meets where we couldn’t get everyone there because they were in baseball or soccer,” he said. “We were able to get them all there for district, and we had a strong showing.”

In the end, the Maumelle Hornets had the depth needed to best the Sand Lizards.

“Unfortunately we aren’t very big, and a lot of our guys have to do several events,” Walter said. “Maumelle had too much depth on us, so we wound up runner-up. When we went, we wanted to get as many kids as possible to go to state and we accomplished that.”

BOONEVILLE — The Dardanelle Junior High Sand Lizards track team won the 4-4A District meet on Monday. The Junior Sand Lizards capped off season where they won meets at Danville, Booneville, Russellville, Paris, Dardanelle and were runners-up at Waldron, and now a district championship.

Walter said the team has had strong performances all year from Chris Kershner in the 100 and 200-meter sprints, and both the long and triple jump, Devin Doty in the 100 and 200-meter sprints and long jump, Phillip Ellison in the 400-meter dash and in Pole Vault, Jared Dawson in pole vault, Jose Castelano in the 1600-meter and 800-meter runs, Brandon Haney in the 110 and 300-meter hurdles and Caleb Hicks and Daniel Craig in shot put.